hello, welcome to the programme. a0 migrants who crossed the english channel were brought ashore by the dover lifeboat this morning. so far, just short of 3000 people have crossed in the first two months of this year. that s twice as many as the equivalent period last year. the prime minister says stopping these boats is one of his top five priorities. tomorrow, we ll see how he proposes to do it. his new policy, that s been heavily trailed, suggests that going forward migrants who cross this way will be removed and banned from future re entry and automatically their application for british citizenship will be rejected. we will talk about what is proposed in a second, but let s first hear from someone farzad. he arrived by small boat in 2019, fleeing persecution in iran. he was granted asylum a year ago. he s been speaking to bbc radio 4. now, farzad, if you were in france, where presumably you were safe, and you heard that it was the law in the uk that if you arrived on a bo
officers are being scrutinised. welcome to newsnight for your weeknightly interviews and insight. let me introduce you to our political panel for this evening claire ainsley, former head of policy for sir keir starmer, and henry hill, who is the acting editor of the tory website conservative home, plus dal babu, a former chief superintendent in the metropolitan police, and nick is here as always. nick, the betting scandal has widened today and here at newsnight we have new revelations to bring to our audience this evening. i have been looking at this. well, i have been looking into this and have learnt of a series or developments covering the conservative party, and the labour party. in my investigation i have found out that. up to 15 conservative party candidates and officials are being scrutinised for alleged betting on the timing of the election. also craig williams is expected to be interviewed this week by gambling commission officials. and the labour party made a mi
would conditions were what industry we would describe conditions were what industry we would describe as conditions were what industry we would describe as motel- conditions were what industry we i would describe as motel conditions, you know. would describe as motel conditions, you know. 3-star would describe as motel conditions, you know, 3 star hotel would describe as motel conditions, you know, 3 star hotel conditions. i you know, 3 star hotel conditions. they you know, 3 star hotel conditions. they were you know, 3 star hotel conditions. they were not you know, 3 star hotel conditions. they were not luxurious you know, 3 star hotel conditions. they were not luxurious but - you know, 3 star hotel conditions. they were not luxurious but they. they were not luxurious but they were they were not luxurious but they were perfectly they were not luxurious but they were perfectly adequate - they were not luxurious but they were perfectly adequate and - they were not lu